Kissing balloon angioplasty of a circumflex artery bifurcation lesion. A new approach utilizing two balloon-on-wire probes and a single guiding catheter

Chest. 1989 May;95(5):1144-5. doi: 10.1378/chest.95.5.1144.

Abstract

A new approach to angioplasty of a coronary artery bifurcation lesion is described. Via a single guiding catheter, two ultra low-profile balloon-on-wire probes were advanced into the AV sulcus branch and a large obtuse marginal branch of the circumflex artery. The balloons were inflated simultaneously. The technique was easy to perform and remarkably effective.

Publication types

  • Case Reports

MeSH terms

  • Angioplasty, Balloon / instrumentation
  • Angioplasty, Balloon / methods*
  • Catheterization / instrumentation
  • Coronary Disease / therapy*
  • Coronary Vessels*
  • Humans
  • Male
  • Middle Aged